Returning to action after a six-year lull, Vertical Horizon head into some new territory on Burning the Days, moving in two separate directions: getting softer and sweeter on the slowest songs, while selling the drama on their harder numbers.
Vertical Horizon still favor an immaculate production, which tends to make the proggier elements sound a little like a diluted latter-day Peter Gabriel, yet these numbers also benefit greatly from the thunder Rush drummer Neil Peart brings.
Peart drums on a quarter of the album's 12 tracks, even penning the lyrics to the closing "Even Now," and he gives these tracks considerable force, pushing the amiable group toward a bolder, aggressive palette.
These colors are all the brighter when compared to the rest of the record, where Vertical Horizon are content to calmly strum and whisper, creating a pleasant murmur that rarely rises above background music.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Is Said and DoneMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | The Lucky OneMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | The Middle GroundMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | I Believe in YouMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | Save Me from MyselfMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | Back to YouMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Can You Help MeMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | AfterglowMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | HereMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Welcome to the BottomMatthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 05:48 | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| 11 | Even NowNeil Peart, Matthew Scannell | Vertical Horizon | Play | 06:44 | 15 MB | 45 MB |
| 12 | Carry On | Vertical Horizon | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 51 mins | 118 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 366 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Hardy | Editing, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Sean Hurley | Bass |
| 3 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 4 | Keith Kane | Vocal Harmony |
| 5 | Richard Marx | Piano, Vocal Producer |
| 6 | Joel Numa | Editing, Engineer |
| 7 | Neil Peart | Composer, Drums |
| 8 | Jeff Rothschild | Mixing |
| 9 | Matthew Scannell | Composer, Editing, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Blair Sinta | Drums |
| 11 | Jason Sutter | Drums |
| 12 | Mark Valentine | Editing, Engineer |
| 13 | Vertical Horizon | Primary Artist |
| 14 | Tom Weir | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |